SOIL AND SUGAR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INFLUENCED BY MULCHING AND WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN NIGERIA by Moses Samuel BASSEY, Emmanuel Abraham SHITTU, Ekaette Eunice ETIM, Ekaette Joy ETOPOBONG

“…The results showed that application of 9 t ha-1 trash mulch significantly (P<0.05) produced the highest organic carbon, N, which in turn enhanced sugar yield. …”
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Les mesures de santé et sécurité au travail auprès des travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans les entreprises saisonnières by Sylvie Gravel, Francisco Villanueva, Stéphanie Bernstein, Jill Hanley, Daniel Crespo, Emmanuelle Ostiguy

“…Individual interviews were conducted with key stakeholders : employers (n = 17), representatives from non-governmental organizations (n = 13), representatives from a workers’ protection commission (n = 3), and government officials (n = 7). …”
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Effect of Enhanced Antimicrobial Fish Gelatin and Lactic Acid Coating on the Shelf Life of Fresh and Previously Frozen Shrimp by Hunter Songy, Katheryn Parraga, Wenqing Xu, Evelyn Watts

“…Gelatin coatings have been shown to successfully slow the oxidation of fresh foods. Furthermore, organic acids have proven effective in the inhibition of bacteria and the extension of product shelf life. …”
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The relationship between kidney disease and mitochondria: a bibliometric study by Jueyi Mao, Cuifang Li, Feifeng Wu, Yang Wang, Junquan Zhu, Chuan Wen

“…Background Due to its highly reabsorptive function, the kidney is a mitochondria-dependent organ. Research on the association between mitochondria and kidney disease has always been a serious focus of researchers, with many publications. …”
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Persistent functional and taxonomic groups dominate an 8,000-year sedimentary sequence from Lake Cadagno, Switzerland by Paula Rodriguez, Jasmine S. Berg, Longhui Deng, Longhui Deng, Hendrik Vogel, Michal Okoniewski, Mark A. Lever, Mark A. Lever, Cara Magnabosco

“…While younger sediments (&lt;1,000 years) are dominated by typical anaerobic surface sedimentary bacterial taxa (Deltaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Firmicutes), older layers with lower organic matter concentrations and reduced terminal electron acceptor availability are dominated by taxa previously identified as “persistent populations” within deep anoxic marine sediments (Candidatus Bathyarchaeia, Chloroflexi, and Atribacteria). …”
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Ion-Replacement Strategy in Preparing Bi-Based MOF and Its Derived Bi/C Composite for Efficient Sodium Storage by Zhenpeng Zhu, Shuya Zhang, Kuan Shen, Fu Cao, Qinghong Kong, Junhao Zhang

“…To address large volumetric expansion and low conductivity of bismuth-based anodes, an ion-replacement technique is proposed to prepare Bi/C composites, using 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylicacid (H₃BTC) based metal–organic framework as precursors. The characterizations reveal that the Bi/C composite derived from Cu-H₃BTC is a sheet structure with the size of 150 nm, and Bi nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed in carbon sheets. …”
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Liquid-based encapsulation for implantable bioelectronics across broad pH environments by He Sun, Xiaoting Xue, Gabriella L. Robilotto, Xincheng Zhang, ChangHee Son, Xingchi Chen, Yue Cao, Kewang Nan, Yiyuan Yang, Gavin Fennell, Jaewook Jung, Yang Song, Huijie Li, Shao-Hao Lu, Yizhou Liu, Yi Li, Weiyi Zhang, Jie He, Xueju Wang, Yan Li, Aaron D. Mickle, Yi Zhang

“…Abstract Wearable and implantable bioelectronics that can interface for extended periods with highly mobile organs and tissues across a broad pH range would be useful for various applications in basic biomedical research and clinical medicine. …”
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Effects of Climate Change on Malaria Risk to Human Health: A Review by Dereba Muleta Megersa, Xiao-San Luo

“…Climate change can impact lifespan and the development of vectors. There is a gap in organized, multidisciplined research on climate change’s impact on malaria incidence and transmission. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Energy, Exergy, Exergoeconomic Analyses a Double-Pessure Flash-Binary Geothermal Power System Using Zeotropic Working Fluid by Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Van Vang

“…This paper combines a geothermal system with an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). Comprehensive thermodynamic and thermoeconomic analyses are employed to estimate the system performance and generate 3083 kW net power with 64.79% exergy efficiency and 3.51 years payback period. …”
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Optimizing nutrient management for Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum L.) in the Alfisols of Southern India through modeling soil, plant, and fertilizer interactions by Krishna Murthy Rangaiah, Bhavya Nagaraju, Govinda Kasturappa, Basavaraja Pujari Kadappa, Uday Kumar Sugaturu Narayanaswamy, Mohamed Saqeebulla Hussain Sab, Gangamrutha Godekere Veerabadraiah, Sanjay Srivastava, Pradip Dey

“…., nutrient requirements, contributions of nutrients from fertilizers, soil, and organic manure were derived. The NPK nutrients required to produce one kg of grain yield were 0.049, 0.0047 and 0.035 kg, respectively, under the STCR NPK alone and 0.050, 0.0046 and 0.037 kg, respectively, under the STCR NPK + FYM approach. …”
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Nutritional evaluation of inactivated whole soy and protease enzyme for growing and finishing pigs by M.R. Carmo, M.C.M.M. Ludke, T.M. Bertol, J.V. Ludke, A. Coldebella, C.P. Cruz, H. Rech, P.Z. Amador

“…Metabolism with pigs (53.80±4.15kg) to determine digestibility coefficients of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), and crude protein (CP), digestible energy (DE), apparent metabolizable energy (AME), and nitrogen-corrected AME (AMEn). …”
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Effect of Isopropanol on Microstructure and Activity of TiO2 Films with Dominant {001} Facets for Photocatalytic Degradation of Bezafibrate by Murtaza Sayed, Fu Pingfeng, Hasan M. Khan, Pengyi Zhang

“…In addition, the photocatalytic activity of as-synthesized TiO2 films was greatly enhanced after calcination treatment at 600°C, which can be attributed to removal of fluoride ions and organic residuals adsorbed on the surface of the catalyst. …”
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Forecast of Freight Volume in Xi’an Based on Gray GM (1, 1) Model and Markov Forecasting Model by Fan Yang, Xiaoying Tang, Yingxin Gan, Xindan Zhang, Jianchang Li, Xin Han

“…Due to the continuous improvement of productivity, the transportation demand of freight volume is also increasing. It is difficult to organize freight transportation efficiently when the freight volume is quite large. …”
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α-Copaene is a potent repellent against the Asian Citrus Psyllid Diaphorina citri by Rodrigo Facchini Magnani, Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe, Rejane Angélica Grigio Luvizotto, Tatiana Aparecida Mulinari, Thiago Trevisoli Agostini, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Victor Pena Ribeiro, Michele Carmo-Sousa, Nelson Arno Wulff, Leandro Peña, Walter S. Leal

“…We have analyzed the volatile organic compounds released by this Arabidopsis line and identified α-humulene, α-copaene, and trace amounts of β-elemene, in addition to β-caryophyllene. …”
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Laboratory investigation of the influence of aluminum hydroxide on the compressive strength of nickel slag-stabilized soft soils by Ichsan Rauf, M. Taufiq Yuda Saputra, Heryanto Heryanto, M. Fatahilla Marsaoly

“…Our previous research has shown that nickel slag enhances the mechanical properties of high-plasticity organic soil but fails to meet road foundation standards. …”
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Development of a Regional Nursing Research Partnership for Academic and Practice Collaborations by Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, Donna S. Martsolf, Rita H. Pickler, Caroline F. Morrison, Cassie E. Wardlaw

“…This paper reports data collected before and during a one-day retreat for nurse researchers and administrators from local universities and health care organizations designed to establish a regional nursing research partnership. …”
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SSR-based evaluation of genetic diversity in populations of Agriophyllum squarrosum L. and Agriophyllum minus Fisch. & Mey. collected in South-East Kazakhstan by Y. Genievskaya, D. Karelova, S. Abugalieva, P. Zhao, G. Chen, Y. Turuspekov

“…The development of informative polymorphic DNA markers for poorly studied genera is an important step in population analyses of living organisms, including those that play very important ecological roles in harsh environments, such as desert and semi-desert area. …”
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MR Imaging in Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Descent: Supine versus Sitting Position by Francesca Iacobellis, Antonio Brillantino, Adolfo Renzi, Luigi Monaco, Nicola Serra, Beatrice Feragalli, Aniello Iacomino, Luca Brunese, Salvatore Cappabianca

“…Our results show that MR Defecography in sitting position may represent a useful tool to correctly diagnose and grade the pelvic organ descent.…”
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Carbonyl-nitrogen multi-resonance emitters for efficient OLEDs with high color purity by Zhiwei Wu, Peng Zou, Jingwen Xu, Xiaobin Dong, Ben Zhong Tang, Zujin Zhao

“…Abstract Multi-resonance (MR) materials hold an intriguing feature of narrow emission spectra and have attracted considerable attention in the manufacture of high-definition organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, the majority of MR materials are composed by a boron-nitrogen skeleton, which is unfavorable for expanding the scope of luminescent materials with narrow emission spectra to meet various application demands. …”
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Study on the Oxidative Leaching of Uranium from the Lignite in the CO32-/HCO3- System by Y. Ning, Y. Li, Y. Zhang, P. Tang

“…The sequential extraction results illustrated that the oxidants could effectively enhance the leaching of organic matter bound uranium in the lignite, which was decreased from 76.86 mg/kg to 9.00 mg/kg by injecting O2. …”
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